Prof. Charles Mundia

Summary of Qualifications
Prof. Mundia has Considerable research and teaching experience in Geomatic Engineering, GIS and Remote Sensing analyses. Has two year post-doctoral research experience at the school of Integrative Environmental Science, University of Tsukuba. Has Served as an Associate professor of GIS and Remote Sensing for two years at the Centre for Spatial Information Science, University of Tsukuba, Japan. Prof. Mundia has served as head of department and a senior lecturer at the department of Geomatic Engineering and Geospatial Information Science of Jomo Kenyatta University. He is currently an Associate Professor of Geoinformatics and Dean school of graduate studies and research, at Dedan Kimathi University of Agriculture and Technology.
Prof. Mundia has authored two University level books published by Nova Science publishers (USA) and Lambert Publishing Company (Germany) and has published widely in high impact international journals on Remote Sensing and GIS analyses. He appears in the ‘Who is Who’ in Science and Engineering’, eleventh edition (2011-2012) by Marquis who is who publication board of United States.

Mundia C.N., Nduati E. W. (2016) “GIS Framework for Managing African Slum Societies: A Case of City Slum in Nairobi, Kenya” Book Chapter in “Re-finding African local assets and city environments: Governance, research and reflexivity”. WakanaShiini, SaichiroShiraishi and Tom Ondicho (EDS). ISBN: 978-4-86337-219-1. Research Institute for languages and culture of Asia and Africa publishers, 2016

Nduati E.W. and Mundia C.N. (2016) “Remote Sensing-based Evaluation of Trends and Impacts of Land Surface Property Changes in the Mara Ecosystem” Book Chapter in “Re-finding African local assets and city environments: Governance, research and reflexivity”. WakanaShiini, SaichiroShiraishi and Tom Ondicho (EDS). ISBN: 978-4-86337-219-1. Institute for languages and culture of Asia and Africa publishers, 2016

Lukoko, P., and Mundia, C., (2016) GIS Based Site Suitability Analysis for Location of a Sugar Factory in Trans Mara District International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR) (2016) Volume 25, No 3, pp 324-339

Kapoi, J. K.,Mundia, C.N (2014) Livelihood vulnerability assessment in context of drought hazard: A case of Baringo County, Kenya. International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR)Vol (3)3, 346-349.

Nduati1, E. W. Mundia, C. N. Ngigi, M.M (2013) Effects of Vegetation Change and Land Use/ Land Cover Change on Land Surface Temperature in the Mara Ecosystem. International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR) Vol (2) 8, 21-29

Nduati, W.E & Mundia, C.N (2013) A Remote Sensing based approach to evaluation of trends and impacts of land surface changes in the mara ecosystem. International journal of SDI Research. Open access, http://www.ijsr.net/archive2i8/MDIwMTXxOD=pdf

Mundia,N.C, WakanShiino and Yasushi Noguchi. 2011. Analysis of Nairobi city using GIS. Proceedings of the international conference of ILCAA core project “Plurallistic world understangin based on African cities. Reading African cities: Nairobi, Gondar and Cape Town”, Tokyo, Japan, December 2011.

Mundia, C. N. 2011.Sustainability of Tourism in Kenya: Analysis of land use/cover changes and animal population dynamics in Masai Mara. Proceedings of the Applied Geoinformatics for society and environment conference. (AGSE 2011), AGSE publishing. August 2011

Mundia, C. N. and Murayama, Y. 2009. Land use/cover changes in Masai Mara Ecosystem: A threat to wildlife sanctuary in East Africa. In proceedings of the Japan Geoscience Union Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, May 16-21.

Mundia, C. N. and Murayama, Y. 2008. Change analysis and modeling future urban scenarios in Nairobi City. In Research Abstracts on Spatial Information Science. CSIS DAYS 2008, University of Tokyo, December 11-12.

Mundia, C. N., and Aniya, M. Analysis of Land Use Changes and Urban Expansion Using Remote Sensing and GIS: Nairobi City and its Environs for the Period 1976-2000. Proceedings of the IUFRO International Workshop on Landscape Ecology: Conservation and Management of Fragmented Forest Landscape, 25-28 October 2004, Tsukuba, Japan.

Mundia C. N., &Aniya, M. Land Use/ Cover Changes Using Remote Sensing and GIS. Proceedings of the Seventh International Seminar on GIS for Developing Countries, 10-12 May 2004, Johor, Malaysia.

Mundia, C. N., and Aniya M. Drivers of Land Use/Cover Changes for the Nairobi Metropolitan Area. Proceedings of the Forum on GIS Analysis: Application in Social and Environmental Research, 14- 16 July, 2003, Tsukuba, Japan.

Message from the Dean

Prof. Charles MundiaView full profileThe School of Graduate Studies & Research of Dedan Kimathi University of Technology was established in the year 2010 with two postgraduate programmes in Business management. With the growth of the university and continued delivery of competitive postgraduate programmes, the School of Graduate Studies & Research has grown and currently offers four doctoral programmes and twelve Masters Programmes with a total student population of over 500 students.